Mexico’s Alvarez successfully defended his WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA ace middleweight titles against compatriot Munguia.
Published On 5 May 2024
Mexico’s undisputed ace middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has retained his titles pinch a unanimous triumph complete compatriot Jaime Munguia successful Las Vegas.
Alvarez, who received scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 from nan 3 judges to seal nan win, sent his force to nan canvas successful nan 4th round, nan first knockdown of Munguia’s career.
“Jaime Munguia is simply a awesome fighter. He’s strong, he’s smart. But I return my time. I person 12 rounds to triumph nan conflict and I did. I did really bully and I consciousness proud astir it,” Alvarez said aft handing Munguia nan first conclusion of his master career.
“He’s beardown but I deliberation he’s a small slow. I could spot each punch… That’s why I’m nan best. I’m nan champion combatant correct now, for sure.”
Saturday’s fight, which bettered Alvarez’s grounds to 61-2-2, was nan 33-year-old’s first since beating American Jermell Charlo past year.
It was Alvarez’s 4th clip defending his WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA ace middleweight titles.
Munguia, whose 34 knockouts included victories wrong nan region successful 4 of his erstwhile 5 fights, came retired connected nan onslaught against nan vastly knowledgeable Alvarez, pushing him backmost pinch his jab and rattling nan champion successful nan 3rd information pinch a correct to nan jaw.
But Alvarez responded successful nan fourth. After Munguia connected pinch a brace of coagulated authorities Alvarez followed a near hook pinch a monolithic uppercut that sent Munguia to nan canvas.
The 5th information opened to chants of “Canelo!” ringing successful nan T-Mobile Arena, wherever support was evenly divided betwixt nan Mexican combatants successful a conflict coinciding pinch Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo festivities.
An Alvarez jab popped Munguia’s caput backmost and, successful nan sixth, an Alvarez near hook had Munguia’s knees buckling briefly.
In a conflict billed arsenic a imaginable changing of nan guard, Munguia – who has honed his fierce style nether nan tutelage of longtime Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach – continued to press.
But his vaunted powerfulness seldom bothered Alvarez, who many times recovered a measurement past Munguia’s defender to onshore nan much damaging blows.
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